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Re: don't criticize PGP?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Broiles)
Wed May 13 10:09:31 1998
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 22:46:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@c2.net>
To: Steve Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
cc: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <199805130128.VAA27713@postal.research.att.com>
This seems to be standard licensing language for all Network Associates
products - it also applies to their "Nuts & Bolts" product, and was mentioned
in a NY Times article last weekend (it was on the web site, dunno if it hit
newsprint or not) discussing aggressive shrinkwrap licenses and anticipated
changes in the legal environment if the proposed UCC Article 2B changes are
approved.
--
Greg Broiles
gbroiles@netbox.com
On Tue, 12 May 1998, Steve Bellovin wrote:
> Real-To: Steve Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
>
> I was browsing the PGP Web page. If you try to buy "PGP for Personal
> Privacy: WIN32 with RSA" -- and I didn't check any other versions --
> you're told that the following conditions apply:
>
> 1.The product can not be rented,loaned or leased - You are the
> sole owner of the product.
>
> 2.The customer shall not disclose the results of any benchmark
> test to any third party without Network Associates' prior
> written approval.
>
> 3.The customer will not publish reviews of the product without
> prior consent from Network Associates.
>
> The last two are rather amusing...
>
> I also note that the "evaluate/download" copy of what appears to be the
> same product is rather more expensive than the hardcopy, a curious
> reversal -- the online version costs $59; the CD-ROM version costs $39
> plus $6.95 for shipping. (In fairness, I should note that the order
> page doesn't seem to mention what version the latter is -- might it
> be 5.0?)
>
>
